A human case of Hymenolepis diminuta infection in Nepal

Authors

  • C.B. Kunwar Jiri Helminth Project/Jiri Growth Study, Jiri 9, Naya Bazzar, Dolakha, Nepal
  • B. Subba Department of Biochemistry, Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • M. Shrestha Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Gerontology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA
  • R.H. Chapagain Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas, USA
  • B. Jha Lifespan Health Research Center, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, USA
  • J. Subedi Jiri Helminth Project/Jiri Growth Study, Jiri 9, Naya Bazzar, Dolakha, Nepal
  • J Blangero Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Gerontology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA
  • S. Williams Blangero Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas, USA
  • B. Towne Lifespan Health Research Center, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59779/jiomnepal.209

Abstract

A case of Hymenolepis diminuta infecton in human is reported. The patient was an 18 year old Nepalese female with an array of gastrointestinal symptoms. She was successfully treated with niclosamide. This report, for the first time; of H. diminuta in Jiri area confirms the possible distribution of this species in Nepal.

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Published

2005-12-31

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 3 (2005): Journal of Institute of Medicine

Section

Case Reports

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